General Meeting Summary: April 11, 2013

In an effort to share information with our community, we are now posting meeting highlights (notes) from each monthly meeting. We hope you find this information useful. And feel free to attend the monthly meetings, everyone is welcome! Go to our events page for meeting details.

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Visitors and Guests:

Mike O’Reilly from City of Calgary Parks and Recreation

Encourages Tuxedo to sign outstanding lease

Financials – still need for 2011 (FCC doing 2011) and 2012

Business Plan – he hopes this is still in the works for Tuxedo

Elaine Stringer – is community social worker, can help with demographic studies etc, she has a good pulse on what is going on in our community. She would like to come to a meeting. Mike offered to invite Elaine to the next meeting

Board and Committee Reports:

Treasurer’s Report by Bryan Summers

Funds are currently tight

Strategic fundraising is in need

Plans to get TPCA onto Quick books

Signing officers need to be updated

Hall Manager’s Report – Harley Shouldice

New groups coming in to rent halls

May 25th – Hall Grounds Cleanup, please come help

We are in need of a proper maintenance program for inside and outside hall

Hall Rental plan to be worked on (to forecast future hall rentals)

Communications Report by Shannon Bowen-Kelsick

Safe communities meetings upcoming

See website for updated event times and dates

Membership Report by Harley Shouldice

Using online system

Members opting into eNews via membership

About 24 memberships renewed via 120 mailout

Social Report by Karen Thompson

Planning and volunteering social events

We should have 5 plus events, range of age groups, and focus on families

July 1st – Karen will plan event

Development Report by Darren Rempel

Fourplexes are being forced through development

One on 22nd and one on 31st

Drainage study communication to community – being handled by Ward 9 Councillor’s office

Traffic Report by Darren Rempel

Darren will cover until another volunteer is found

Revitalization Report – all in attendance

Facility upgrade, no date for upgrade, need more funds.

Old Business

Tammy Maloney voted in as President of TPCA

New Business

Ward 9 Update by Lindsay: May 1st – storm water drainage study at Tuxedo Hall. Ward 9 sending out a communication to Tuxedo board and individuals that contacted the Ward 9 office about 1835 House issues like the outstanding Good Neighbor Agreement – Lindsay (Ward 9 office) to do